U running good. I'm hooked. Subbed.

This

and

this...

is why u are a loser

Not sure if serious....

... picked a spot on a guy that played about 40 out of 45 hands, showed multiple bluffs, and called a $400 all in with low pair 5 or 6 hands earlier. That was the right play.

Nice read, you have impressive resilience! Best of luck!

sub'd - I started my TR and will be out there in one week! Let me know if you want to grab a drink

Nope, sorry Foatie - two very fast moments in your entire life define you as a poker player, gambler and a person and that judge as returned a verdict of loser - there is no appeal, he rules on your entire life

Love those guys who jumps in a TR and hand out facts about OPs play.

5/22/15

Today I wasn't really feeling like playing from the jump. I've had a total of about 8 hours of sleep in the past two days. Part of my job in advertising is conference/skype calling clients to introduce them and their staff to new campaigns. Wednesday night I had two calls at 2am and 4am for a client in India and one in the UK. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep, but by the time I got off of work yesterday at 2pm, I felt somewhat ok to go downtown and throw some chips around.

I went to the Golden Nugget around 4pm, but there was a waiting list about 6 people deep. I put my name on it, went to Starbucks and placed a sports bet. $50 on the Rockets to cover the spread and $50 on the under. I was thinking more about this basketball game than poker and I really didn't feel like grinding a long session , making mistakes while distracted so I changed plans. I went over to the Plaza for their $5 tournament and to sweat the b-ball game until their 9pm $500 guarantee.

First table, I'm sitting with a raging sociopath two seats to my right. Not sure if he was off meds, on meth, a schizophrenic/compulsive liar, or what but here's a list of things he didn't mind sharing with strangers (in between discussing what he folded while there was still action pending):

- He was an Ex-Billionaire. 7 Divorces and 14 kids all in Ivy league schools sent him busto.
- Ex Horse trainer who bred some of the most successful running horses ever.
- Ex Olympic level skier who missed two Olympics due to injury.
- His best friend is a lesbian (...of course, since there was a married lesbian couple at our table)

....then when people finally got tired of his shtick, he tells us all he got a text 30 minutes ago that his brother died after he paid for his rehab etc. A few hands later, he rivers a straight to bust a guy directly to his left and does his best Daniel Bryan right in his neighbors face.


...shoot me. That was enough to #TILTDAFAQ outta me for a measly $5 tournament. Coming up on first break and I'm around 4600 (starting stack 6500) dealt TT in the BB. One min raise to 600, I make it 1200 to go (150/300), original raiser calls, sociopath smooth calls. Flop comes AA3. He checks, SB leads out 1000, I dump all in. Sociopath calls, SB folds. Shows A3 for the flopped boat. No Daniel Bryan on my exit.

I spent the next couple hours watching the game waiting for the 9pm. Nothing exciting to report from the 9pm. Made a really bad mistake early with a semi-bluff. Even stacks around the table from 8500-12000. I raise to 800 (100/200) with 7d7h. Get a call and a reraise to 1600. I snap-call. The cut off calls as well. Flop comes AhQh8c check-bet 500-I reraise to 1500. Turn comes Jh. Check-check-I bet 800, fold, reraise to 1600. Here I know I'm screwed, but I'm going to stick by representing the flush or bust, I snapcall the 800. Villain gulps. River comes a Qd. Villain checks, I bet 2000. He snapcalls and shows AJ. ....No fooling these guys

He goes on some type of speech, but I had my headphones in, wasn't listening. I rebuilt the short stack back up to 13,200 (3200 over starting stack) at the first break. About 3 hands after the first break I get AK diamonds on the button. Blinds at 300/600. 4 limpers to the button, I make it 2000, 3 callers. Flop comes 3c7s6c checks around, I bet out 1500, get two callers. Turn comes 8c and checks around to the cut off who goes all in. Easy fold. She got a caller and shows the A-high flush. Lost about a 1/4 of stack. after a few orbits running dry, KsJs in the small blind. I min raise to 800. BB calls. Flop comes AT8. I check, BB makes it 1600, I call. Queen hits the turn for the straight. I go all in. BB asks "You have KJ?" ..... ten seconds then calls and shows AA for the set. Queen spikes the river for the full house and there's my night.

Lots of mistakes tonight and my heart wasn't really into playing. Rockets do cover the spread and the game hits the under. Winna-Winna!

+67 on the night

Tonight I'm going to South Point to see the funniest man on the planet Joey Diaz

http://youtu.be/UEmWUjXyQ38


Tomorrow morning, going to the Ronda Rousey book signing uptown and probably playing the $125 bounty tournament at the Orleans Saturday night at 7pm. Then again, it is UFC night so I may just stay in and watch the fight. Decisions, Decisions. If I take off, I'm definitely playing the $125 Aria on Sunday at noon after hitting up that breakfast buffet for that thick cut bacon.

Later folks!

5/22/15

Left work @ 2pm to head down to South Point for the Joey Diaz show. I know they have a decent sized poker room there, but never have more than 5 or 6 tables going at a time. I got there around 3pm and got a seat at the 1/2 No Limit for a $200 buy in.

Seemed like a lot of regulars there, limp/call/fold. My table didn't have much action, as there was only about 3 stacks over $400. I did get into a decent sized pot 3 way when I made it $18 to go from the SB with 33. Flop comes out 663. I lead out for $20, get a smooth call and a raise to $70. I call and the remaining guy folds. Turn comes a A. I check, player goes all in for his remaining $170 and has me covered at this point. I fold, and he shows AA. Could have been worse I guess. A few more orbits go by with no action. I cash out for remaining $152 and take a seat at the bar to watch the Cavs/Hawks game until the show starts.

-$48 for the night

No photography was allowed at the show, but I did have a front row seat and Joey Diaz and his opener were both hilarious. No action after the night, as I planned on waking up early for the Ronda Rousey Autograph signing. Currently playing online now, trying to bink a satellite spot into the main event. Colossus is this coming Friday. Can't Wait!

A few pics from the night/morning.

Ticket


Stage


Pic with the Champ :-D

Stopped reading at Joey Diaz show... We gonna get along real well. Lee is a homie but I haven't seen him in a year+

Now I'll continue lol

Been laying low. My 2nd sponsor is in town for the huge bowling tournament that's going on at 5 different bowling alleys in town this week. Not much to add until Friday at 6pm.





See you guys on Friday

That's a pretty sick fold-did you really put him on AA or 66, especially since he didn't 3B per-flop?

The way he shoved the All In, I figured it had to be AA. The re-raise to 70 on the flop + the 170-something all in and the way he shoved it I figured it had to be AA. When he re-raised the flop, I put him on a higher over pair, and when the Ace hit it all made sense. I didn't want to fold it and I didn't show the table. The fact that I tanked for about 45 seconds or so made him show, which I was thankful for. The reads have been pretty good lately.

Good luck foatie.

Also that is the prettiest picture of RRR I have ever seen. Good for you.

Foatie what r u up to today? Trying to get a drink with my buddy and I?

I am currently playing satellites on WSOP.com

Thanks for the invite, but I'm staying in for the night. Going to work a half day tomorrow 8-1pm then pray to God the 6pm flight doesn't have a ridiculous 3-4 delay. Have one for me!

Colossus didn't go well. Had a very competent table where at least 7 of us had the same plan, get aggressive early and try to build a stack. First hand of the tournament dealt AdJd. Raised to 300 behind the button, folded all the way around. A few hands later I was dealt AsKs. Raised to 350 preflop, get 4 callers. Flop comes J59, check around to me, lead out for 300, get a caller, two folds. Turn comes 2 blank, no flush draws, check check. River K, lead out for 1100, call, he shows AdKd chop chop.

Towards the end of first level, get pocket 3s in the big blind, UTG min raises, I call. Flop comes J25. Check, Check, Turn comes a 2, I check, he bets 300, I call. River comes a 5, I lead out 600, he reraises all in for 2850, I had around 3200. I put him on maybe a slightly higher pocket pair or maybe KJ, QJ and fold my 3s. A few hands later I get JJ, raise 425 preflop, get 2 callers. Flop comes AKA, check, check, bet 1200, call, I fold. Those guys get into it where a player busts out with KT to A6. Definitely not the hands I was expecting to call my raise. Hovering around 2100 chips now going into level 3.

Dealt AJ, think about tanking for it all UTG, but lead out with a flat call, a guy in mid position raises, another guy from late position all in for about 4K. I fold, first raise folds. All in shows KK. By this point I'm frustrated as hell, actually getting the cards I want this early in the tournament and between bad position and my bad play it's not paying off.

Final hand for me is about 30 minutes into level 3. I'm around 2150, Ks8s in the big blind. Late position min raises. I call. Flop comes JQ5s. I check, villain bets out 800. I call. Turn comes 2s. I check, villian checks. Surprised he's letting me into flush draw, I put him on a J or low-mid pocket pair. River comes the Tc. No flush, but I shove all in the scare card to the straight. Villian thinks about it for 30 seconds or so then calls with pocket 9s.

Good call I guess? I figure if I got it in earlier in the hand he still probably would have called and I would still be out. Oh well for this shot. Next WSOP event will be the Draftkings tourney.

TYPO, we both had AK. I had AdKd he had AsKs

You won't make it. Why? You don't have it takes. You have the balls to try and keep trying which is superimportant but you lack everything else. Should I tell to stop trying since you won't make it? Interestingly enough, no. As trying makes you happy and you would regret not trying. So essentially it doesn't even matter if you make it or not. What matters is what makes you happy. And in your case that's trying - so who am I to say no to your happiness?

It's been a rough week since Colossus. I'm not very good at taking pics while in a session, nor updating sessions timely as I don't want to think about bad sessions for a day or two after they happen. After the Colossus I've been playing satellites on WSOP.com, lamer hunting for lack of a better term. As far as the online in the past week, -189. Going to chill for awhile, as I don't want to mess with the bankroll for the online bracelet event.

Monday night 6/1/15, I went to the Orleans to see what action was like, and since I had a buffet comp I decided to put off grocery shopping for one more day. Only a 25 minute wait for 1/2 so I sat down $200 buy in. 2nd hand I come in 2 behind the button, look down at AA. Nice.... open raise in front of me to 12, one caller. I make it 27 to go, both call. Flop A89, two spades on board. First to act checks, second leads out 20. I reraise to 60, first guy calls, second guy folds. Turn comes K of clubs. Now two clubs, two spades on the board. He checks, I all in for my remaining 113 and he snap calls. WTF do you have bro? Shows JQ of spades, of course the straight flush draw with the straight draw as well. River comes the 3 of spades and Kenny Loggins makes his flush as the table groans. Well, there's the first buy in.

I rebuy in for $240 and two hand later pick up AK hearts. UTG +1 makes it 15, I raise to 30 folds around, he's all in for 95. Really? ....really I'm thinking? I make the call and table my AK. He turns over just the A and the flop comes out AJ8, turn 8, river 4. Thinking I'm good, the short stack rolls over J for the top two. Deep down I'm thinking about anything that I may have done to wrong the universe to receive this kind of karma. I spend the next two hours playing extremely tight. Folding AsQs to a 773 spade draw board to an all in in front of me who ended up getting called by a guy with 33 with the KK losing... I flat called 15 all the way around preflop. I'm now short stacked at the table with about 85 in front of me. I pick up a nice pot later calling a LAG "A-type" older guy who had a smart ass comment for everyone that won a hand coming from behind. I have 77 in the big blind. He raises preflop to 15, I call. Flop comes KJT all hearts, check check. Turn comes a 7 heart he checks, I bet 30. He goes into this whole Hollywood drama, asks for a count. I have 88 behind. He tips over a 100 stack as his bet. Typically this is a nits way of bluffing the nuts IMO, the "falling tower bet". I figure if he's strong, he's sliding the stack in slowly as he has before I this game. I call, river is a 9. I show the set of 7s. He slams his hand into the muck. No flush, no Q, or 8 for the straight? The guy gets up leaving about 70 behind. I play 4 more orbits, losing another 50 something and leave about -250 on the night.

I feel the biggest holes in my game is my opening range. In long sessions I'm not playing nearly enough hands. When those eventual beats come with good hands, I'm scrapping back (on tilt) trying to make up for a loss on where I want to be per hour. -450 is so far this week.

On the +EV (I hope) side of things I have met a Lil hottie that works in the same office park as your boy so we're going out this weekend. Might do downtown or a show. Next week I will be working mainly from home while our offices get renovated so I think I'm going to bear the Rio lines and try a deepstack or two. I've been hearing some sick sick stories from the cash games there. Sound like there's ATMs from all over the world getting it in $1000 pots with middle pair and such.

We shall see.

You ignored my post. That's OK Come back to it in a year. Half the posters here are as hopeless as you are. Half don't wanna be "negative" and "bring you down". I don't give a **** so I'm in a unique position to tell you the truth.

Not sure what you wanted in response to your post. I read it when it was posted, I went on about my day. The end.

+1

Best of luck in the MM!!

I think your sizing is off in the first AK hand described. In level 1, you're making it 7x with AKs (which is too much but with all those callers, maybe not! haha).....but then on the flop, just betting 300 into 1750? Don't really see the point of that.

Just thinking out loud.....

GL rest of the summer!

Thanks alot! I was thinking with the 300 bet on the flop, I can see who hit the J (with a reraise) and who may have hit a better J (on a bigger reraise with maybe AJ, KJ) this way If I string along I may be drawing dead with top pair top kicker if an A or K hits. If I get a flat call from someone (or two) in that spot, then that gives me a better range on the J they may have hit. If I get the sense from someone's body language that they are folding reluctantly, that gives me an idea that they are folding an over card (one of my outs), leaving me with less outs to call a reraise there. I'm sure I could have got the same information on a check in that position but I had a strategy going into the tournament that I did not want to deviate from.

Thanks for the well wishes.